The smile is casual.
Keep in mind, Sampha is in the studio with them.
He’s quiet, but off-camera he’s listening in on their conversation at that very moment.
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Keys' answer comes swiftly.
And to fans, too.
(Lin Manuel-MirandadissectsHamilton’s"Wait for It" in episode 2.)
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The four-episode batch ofSong Exploderis out now.
“It was an unbelievable treat,” Hirway tells EW.
“It was an unbelievable piece of access that we got.
It changes the nature of the episode completely.”
Hirway tells EW the TV show began as simply an extension of the podcast.
On the first call with Keys, however, he already knew he had struck gold.
That blew me away,'" Hirway says.
Hirway’s process for interviewing artists is unique.
Sampha’s mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2010.
Shedied in the fall of 2015.
“You give me life for me meant my sons,” Keys tells Hirway in the episode.
“And you give me life for him, meant his mom.”
“I feel like it’s a lot of pent-up stuff.
The mic captures that.”
Listen to “3 Hour Drive” below, and watchSong Exploderon Netflix now.
